Supracondylar fracture mending device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11793528-B2
Application number	US-202318311920-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2023
Priority date	Jun 20, 2019
Publication date	Oct 24, 2023
Grant date	Oct 24, 2023

Abstract

The invention is directed to a surgical device which is externally used as aiming device that permits accurate placement of surgical wire to mend a supracondylar fracture. The device of the invention decreases operative time, risks of the re-dislocation through continuous manipulation, radiology exposure for both the patient and operation room staff, and to decreases anesthesia duration. It is also directed to surgical use of the device for repair of a supracondylar fracture and to methods for making it.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A supracondylar fracture mending device comprising:
a handle suitable for a surgeon to steer the surgical device on skin and having a longitudinal groove suitable for visual alignment of surgical wires introduced into the device, and
a functional unit comprising holes A and B, and optionally C, which is suitable to hold and guide surgical wires;
wherein the handle is about 50 to 100 mm long and has an average diameter of about 6-10 mm and wherein the handle is connected at its lower end to one side of the functional unit at an angle ranging from about 30-60 degrees; and
wherein the functional unit has an anterior and a posterior side and has an average cross-sectional diameter ranging from about 15-30 mm, a vertical thickness between said anterior and posterior sides ranging from about 10-20 mm, and
wherein the functional unit comprises holes A and B and optionally, C, which penetrate the anterior and posterior sides of the functional unit,
wherein each of holes A and B, or A, B and C is about 1.6 to 2.5 mm in diameter;
wherein holes A and B, and holes B and C, when C is present, are about 4-6 mm fixed distance from one another;
wherein a top of each of said holes A and B, is in axial alignment with a long axis of the longitudinal groove along the anterior surface of the functional unit; and
wherein a top face of the anterior side of the functional unlit is flat and a bottom face of the posterior side of the functional unit has a beveled edge.

2. The supracondylar fracture mending device of claim 1 , wherein the handle has a substantially circular or oval cross-section, the functional unit has a substantially circular, elliptical, or oval cross-section, and the functional unit comprises holes A and B, or holes A, B and C, which have substantially round or oval cross-sections.

3. The supracondylar fracture mending device of claim 1 , wherein the handle has a substantially circular, elliptical, or oval cross-section and is about 54-74 mm long and wherein the handle is connected at its lower end to the functional unit at an angle ranging from about 40-50 degrees,
wherein the functional unit has a substantially circular, elliptical, or oval cross section and has an average diameter of about 20-24 mm and a vertical thickness ranging from about 13-17 mm,
wherein the functional unit comprises holes A and B, or holes A, B and C, said holes having substantially round, elliptical, or oval cross sections about 1.8-2.0 mm in diameter,
wherein the vertical alignment of holes A and B or holes A and C as measured by the alignment of the holes through the body of the functional unit diverge by about 3-20 degrees.

4. The supracondylar fracture mending device of claim 1 , wherein the handle has a substantially circular, elliptical, or oval cross-section and is about 64 mm long and wherein the handle is connected at its lower end to the functional unit at an angle ranging from about 45 degrees,
wherein the functional unit has a substantially circular, elliptical, or oval cross section and has an average diameter of about 22 mm and a vertical thickness ranging from about 15 mm,
wherein the functional unit comprises holes A and B, or holes A, B and C, said holes having substantially round, elliptical, or oval cross sections about 1.7, 1.9 or 2.1 mm in diameter,
wherein the vertical alignment of holes A and B or Holes A and C diverge by about 3-20 degrees, and
wherein holes A and B, or holes A, B and C are about 5 mm fixed distance from one another.

5. The supracondylar fracture mending device of claim 1 , wherein both holes B and C are present and the vertical alignment of holes A and B and holes A and C diverge at the same angle between 3 and 20 degrees.

6. The supracondylar fracture mending device of claim 1 , wherein both holes B and C are present and the vertical alignment of holes A and B and holes A and C diverge at different angles.

7. The supracondylar fracture mending device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of hole A and hole B is exposed in a recess in a top face of the anterior side of the functional unit.

Assignees

• Univ Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal

Inventors

• Al Shammari Sulaiman Mohammed

Classifications

• A61B17/1739 Primary

  specially adapted for particular parts of the body · CPC title

• A61B17/8897

  Guide wires or guide pins · CPC title

• A61B17/1725

  for applying transverse screws or pins through intramedullary nails or pins · CPC title

• A61B17/72

  Intramedullary devices, e.g. pins or nails · CPC title

• A61B17/90

  Guides therefor · CPC title